John was leaving and going to New York City in three days. Gabrielle was pretty bummed but trying to hide it. John had been on his way to the gym but had been stuck in a traffic jam for the last half hour. He decided to call Randy to kill. They were talking.
"How's Gabrielle?" Randy asked.
"She's good but I think she's sad because I'm leaving soon."
"How are you doing with it?"
"I don't know what to do Randy." "I want Gabrielle to come with me."
"Ask her."
"She'll say no."
"Ask her anyway." "At least you can say you asked her."
"Maybe I will."
"You should."
Gabrielle was at work. Her office phone started to ring.
"Gabrielle Gibson." Gabrielle said answering the phone.
"Hi Gabrielle." Faith said.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Ryan and I were wondering if you'd like to come over for dinner."
"I don't know." "John's leaving in three days." "I really want to spend as much time with him as I can."
"Bring him along." "The girls really want to see you."
"I do miss them." "I'll ask John and get back to you."
"Ok." "If you guys decide to come dinner's at seven."
"Ok bye."
Gabrielle waited until her lunch break to call John.
"Hello?" He said.
"Hey, you're on lunch break right now right?" Gabrielle asked.
"Yeah."
"My sister Faith called me earlier and asked if we wanted to come over for dinner tonight."
"That sounds like fun."
"Ok, I'll tell her we'll come." "You'll get to meet some of my nieces."
"Cool."
Gabrielle and John showed up at seven o'clock. They'd just walked through the door. They went into the living room.
"Hi." Gabrielle said.
"Aunt Gabrielle." All the girls said going over to her. Their ages were eight, six and four.
"Hi girls." "Did you miss me?" "I missed you." She hugged them all.
"It's the guy from the Hefty commercials." The oldest, Morgan said. Gabrielle and John both laughed.
"This is my friend John." "John this is Morgan, Natalie and Veronica."
"It's nice to meet you all." John said.
"You have big muscles." Veronica said.
"Thank you."
"John I want you to meet my sister and her husband." Gabrielle said. They went over to them. "This is my sister Faith and her husband Ryan."
"It's nice to meet you John." Faith said.
"It's nice to meet you to." John said.
"What's up John?" Ryan said. "It's nice to meet you." They shook hands.
"It's nice to meet you to." "Thanks for having me."
"Dinner will be ready in a few minutes." Faith said. "I hope you like chicken John."
"I do."
Everyone was at the table eating.
"This is delicious." John said.
"Thank you." Faith said.
"So do you guys like school?" John asked looking at the girls.
"Veronica doesn't go to school yet." Natalie said. "I'm in first grade."
"Do you like it?"
"Yeah it's fun."
"What about you?" John asked looking at Morgan.
"I'm in third grade." Morgan said.
"Do you have a favorite subject?"
"Science."
"That's great."
"Are you aunt Gabrielle's boyfriend?"
"No, we're just very good friends."
After dinner Gabrielle and Faith were in the kitchen doing the dishes. John was in the living room with Ryan talking about football.
"John is so great." Faith said. "I love how he took an interest in the girls."
"Yeah." "I'm gonna really miss him." She said trying to hide her sadness but not doing a very good job.
"Why can't you two be together?" "It's obvious how great for each other you are."
"It would have to be a long distance relationship." "We may have a lot in common but we live different lives." "I know it wouldn't work out."
"You don't want him to leave do you?"
"No." She sighed frustrated. "I don't." "There's nothing I can do about it, so I might as well not dwell on it." "At least I had a great month and met a great man."
"I know it's bothering you." "You're heartbroken."
"I'm fine." "Once John leaves life goes on as normal."